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The search conducted on November 5 by Chechen militiamen of the cottage located near Moscow and belonging to former deputy of the State Duma Ruslan Yamadaev, who was killed last year in Moscow, most likely, pursued the aim to kill his younger brother Isa, who is now the leader of this family clan, which is opposing the incumbent Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. This is the conviction of Yamadaevs' relatives and friends.

All the internally displaced persons from South Ossetia, irrespective of nationality and time of their violent eviction, shall have the right to return to their homeland; while power structures of both parties in conflict shall help them in this return. This was stated by Walter Kelin, representative of the UN Secretary General for the rights of internally displaced persons.

The facts about violations in the militia, presented by Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy from Novorossisk in his video appeal, have not been confirmed yet and are regarded by the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Russia as slander. This was stated by Rashid Nurgaliev, Russian Interior Minister. According to his version, the investigatory bodies are not engaged in any inquiry on Major Alexei Dymovskiy's statements, so far, the service check is underway.

President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev, who announced today his Message to the Federal Assembly, said that the level of corruption and clannish rule in the republics of Northern Caucasus is "unprecedented."

Hasan Ozdamirov, who was announced as liquidated in the course of the special operation conducted by power agents on November 7 in the vicinity of the city of Argun, had been earlier given out to law enforcers by his relatives. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent learnt about it from an Argun resident, who closely knew the casualty.

Today, an unidentified bomb blew up under the car of Kosum Meiriev, Imam of the Sunzha District in Ingushetia. The churchman was wounded and brought to hospital.

Today, from the morning, the Vladikavkaz hotel named "Alan" began evicting the refugees from the 1992 Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone. In total, 49 South-Ossetian families lived there that is, over 140 persons. The official reason for eviction is the emergency condition of the hotel.

Law enforcement bodies are exerting pressure on the people supporting Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy, who had made public illegal actions of Novorossisk militia bosses. The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed about by Vadim Karastelyov, expert of the Novorossisk Committee on Human Rights.

Yuri Baluevskiy, deputy secretary of the Security Council, said today that the version of involvement of NGOs, foreign ones inclusive, in the activities of Militia Major Alexei Dymovskiy is not confirmed and needs a further check.

On November 10, President of Dagestan Mukhu Aliev, speaking to the workers of internal bodies on the occasion of the Day of Militia, said that law enforcement bodies will be regarded as involved in kidnappings themselves until the solve the crime and find real kidnappers.

On November 10, the Baku Appeal Court, presided by Judge Gail Mamedov, considered the appeal complaint lodged by Sayara Geidarova, convicted for beating of 4 men.

Mother of Vadim Chugunov, a Russian trooper, who perished in the battle near Ulus-Kert in 2000, believes that the failure of the Russian party to pay her the due compensation for the death of her son in Chechnya is a violation of the provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights.

In Dubai (United Arab Emirates), the judge in charge of the case on the attempt on Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, ex-commander of the "Vostok" special battalion, was dissatisfied with the proofs gathered by the prosecution party and found them insufficient. On these grounds, the defence advocates plan to move, at the court session on November 16, their petitions asking to release the defendants.

Today, the Sabail District Court of Baku, chaired by Araz Guseinov, terminated litigation on the case of young bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Gadjizade, accused of hooliganism and inflicting bodily injuries. Representatives of the public are indignant with the verdict.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan has cancelled the decision of the Leninskiy Court of Makhachkala about return of the criminal case concerning the editor-in-chief and four journalists of the Dagestan weekly "Chernovik" (Blueprint) to the prosecutor's office because of violations when drawing up the indictment. This was reported by Biyakay Magomedov, lawyer of the edition.

Citizen of Georgia Nodar Nikoleishvili, who was forced to go on hunger strike in the militia reception centre of Archangelsk, because of "inhuman custody conditions and long term of detention at the centre", said to the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that the DFMS (Department of the Federal Migration Service) for the Archangelsk Region was planning to exclude him from Russia to Belarus within five days.

The inquiry bodies have finished a complex psycho-psychiatric examination of the suspects of committing terror acts in Sochi, and, according to its conclusions, the defendants were quite responsible for their actions during the incriminated offences.

The ban for children and youth up to 18 years of age to stay in public places without accompanying adults from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., legalized by the deputies of the National Assembly of Dagestan, has caused different reactions among the population of the republic.

The verdict to Abubakar Mezhiev, convicted for participation in the attack on the city of Budyonnovsk in 1995, was upheld, despite the mitigating circumstances. This is the opinion Aslambek Apaev, head of the committee in defence of forced migrants' rights and director of the international peacemaking centre "Peace. Ecology. Culture" founded several months ago in Crimea.

On November 12, in Moscow, at 5:30 p.m., in the Chistoprudny Boulevard, a solidarity picket with Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", will start.